Jesus was in Gethsemane where He could be alone in communion with God His heavenly Father. Away from the jostle and press of the crowd. On this night, He brought Peter, James and John with Him. He longed for their companionship and fellowship in prayer at this pivotal moment of earths history. (His Crucifixion) Jesus was only a short distance from them when He fell on His face and cried out, ” O My Father, If it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as You will” (Matthew 26:39). Recognizing the horrors that was was before Him, Jesus pleaded with the Father to remove the cup of sorrows He was about to drink. Jesus always do the will of His father. His entire life gave glory to God. Jesus’ obedient surrender to the Father was the channel through which heavenly blessings flowed earthward. Same today as well , the Holy Spirit is poured out through surrendered hearts. ‘Faith that leads to submission to Christ’s will is the most important thing in the life of each christian’ The disciples were passionate about doing  Jesus’ will so we too should do the will of God. ” We ought to obey God rather than men” ( Acts 5:29) The disciples  willingly face persecution, imprisonment, and even death for Christ’s sake. They opened their hearts to the fullness of the Holy Spirit’s working and totally committed their lives to doing Gods will. Read Psalm 51 and meditate on  the following verses  ”Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me away from Your presence, And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, And uphold me by Your generous Spirit. Then I will teach transgressors Your ways, And sinners shall be converted to You.” (Psalm 51:10-13) Excerpt from 10 Days in the Upper Room by Mark A. Finley p.70,71.   10 Days in the Upper Room by Mark A....

“For You are great, and do wondrous things; You alone are God.Teach me Your way, O Lord; I will walk in Your truth; Unite my heart to fear Your name. I will praise You, O Lord my God, with all my heart, And I will glorify Your name forevermore. For great is Your mercy toward me, And You have delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol.”  (Psalm 86;10-14 NKJV)   “For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou art God alone. Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name. I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I will glorify thy name for evermore. For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.”  (Psalm 86;10-14 KJV) Psalm 86 entire chapter  Read at Bible...

Do Not Grieve the Spirit  Therefore, putting away lying, “Let each one of you speak truth with his neighbor,” for we are members of one another.  “Be angry, and do not sin”: do not let the sun go down on your wrath,  nor give place to the devil.  Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather let him labor, working with his hands what is good, that he may have something to give him who has need.  Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers.  And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.  Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice.  And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you. Ephesians 4:25-32...

Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by good conduct that his works are done in the meekness of wisdom.  But if you have bitter envy and self-seeking in your hearts, do not boast and lie against the truth.  This wisdom does not descend from above, but is earthly, sensual, demonic.  For where envy and self-seeking exist, confusion and every evil thing are there.  But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy.  Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace. (James 3:13-18)...

The Greatest Gift:  LOVE 1. Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become  a sounding brass or a clanging cymbal.  2. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing. 4. Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up;  5. does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil;  6. does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; 7.  bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 8. Love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away. 9. For we know in part and we prophesy in part. 10. But when that which is perfect has come, then that which is in part will be done away. 11. When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things. 12. For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known. 13. And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love 1 Corinthians 13 NKJV New King James Version ...

“I will bring the blind by a way they did not know; I will lead them in paths they have not known. I will make darkness light before them, And crooked places straight. These things I will do for them, And not forsake them.” Isaiah 42:16 NKJV